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, WASHING MAUHINB. No. 354,948. I I Patented De0. 28, 1886.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER STUART, JR, OF HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,948, dated December 28, 1886.

Application filed January 9, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

I Be it known that I, ALEXANDER STUART, Jr., of the city of Hamilton, in the county of \Ventworth, in the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, clerk, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVashing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same.

This invention relates to improvements in rotary washing machines-that is, washingmachines in which a rotary dasher is mounted upon a central vertical shaft in a suitable vessel containing the articles tobe cleansed, said dasher having rotary motion imparted to it by means of suitable gear-wheels, and a lever mounted on the shaft of one of said wheels.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, and then set forth in the claims.

By reference to the drawings forming part of this specification, it will be seen that Figure l is a side elevation of the machine. Fig. 2is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 isatop View.

A represents the tub, of any desirable wood or other material, and which can be made of any required size.

Bis the top half-circular shaped brace sccured to the sides of the tub by screws or otlierwise.

Q is the vertical shaft resting at the bottom on the socket to, and passing through a hole in the top of the brace B.

D is a collar around the shaft and under the brace 13. y

E is a nut screwed on the top of the shaft down to the brace B, thus securing the shaft in a stationary vertical position.

F is the movable dasher consisting of malleable-iron frame-work tinned, rounded on the edges, through which the shaft 0 is made to 5 pass and on which it revolves.

G is a gcar=wheel on the top of the dasher, through which the shaft 0 passes, and immediately over it is a collar, b, to keep the dasher down to its right place.

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H is a gear-wheel on a short horizontal shaft, I. It is secured at one end to thevertical shaft 0 and the other end to the half-circular brace B, through which it passes, secured by the nut J.

K is a lever-handle secured to the heel H, and having a balance-weight, L, attached at the lower end.

M is a tap for drawing off water, consisting of the washer 0-, plate (I, and cap 6. Removing the cap allows the water in the tab to es cape. A hose may be attached to the tap and the suds ran off to any desired place.

N is a hinged cover to prevent water from splashing out when the machine is in opera tion.

0 O are side handles for convenience in lifting the machine.

In operating the machine, the operator, after placing water and clothes in the tub in the usual manner, grasps the handle K and pushes it slowly downward, which causes the dasher F to revolve quickly. .Raising the handle reverses the revolution of the dasher, and by operating the handle the work of cleansing the clothes is accomplished in an easy, satis factory, and expeditious manner.

Having thus described my device and its advantages, what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a washing-machine, the combination of the tub A, shafts GI, bevel-gear G, attached to dasher F, and gear-wheel H, attached to shaft I, and the collar 5 on shaft 0, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the tub Afand brace B, bent over the top and secured to the sides thereof, of the shaft 0, having dasher F, the nut E, and collar D, the shaft I, having nut J, and the gears G H, and operating-lever,substantially as described.

Dated at Hamilton, Ontario, this 5th day of December, A. D. 1885.

A. STUART, JR.

In presence of J. S; CLoKE, WM. BRUCE. 

